1. Whina Cooper is the subject of the 2022 film Whina.
16 Facts About Whina Cooper
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Whina Cooper was born Hohepine Te Wake, daughter of community leader and Catholic catechist Heremia Te Wake and Kare Pauro Kawatihi, of the Te Rarawa iwi, at Te Karaka, Hokianga.
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Whina Cooper worked as a teacher for a brief time, at Pawarenga Native School.
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Whina Cooper left teaching in 1914 and was a housekeeper at the Catholic presbytery of Rawene for two years.
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Whina Cooper kept her Catholic Christian faith her whole life.
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Whina Cooper married him on 10 May 1917, with only her parents' knowledge, which led to some unhappiness with her wider family and community, who felt they should have been consulted.
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Whina Cooper worked alongside him to promote Maori land-development programmes in the Hokianga.
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Whina Cooper moved to Auckland in 1949 when her second husband, William Cooper, died.
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Whina Cooper agreed, proposing a Hikoi from the northern tip of the North Island to Parliament in Wellington at the other end of the island.
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Whina Cooper returned to Panguru in the Hokianga in 1983 and died there, aged 98, in 1994.
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Whina Cooper's legacy includes calling the 1923 hui that led to the name of Whakarapa being changed to Panguru.
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Whina Cooper is remembered as a leader who helped to shape New Zealand legislation relating to Maori people, as well as helping to develop the community in Auckland.
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Whina Cooper has served as an inspiration to other Maori women, such as Tiahuia Abraham, who as of 2022 has been a member of the Maori Women's Welfare League for 53 years.
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The bronze statue was a sculptural representation of a famous photograph of Whina Cooper, holding the hand of her granddaughter Irenee Whina Cooper, as they were starting the 1975 land march.
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Whina Cooper was portrayed by Miriama McDowell and Rena Owen, with the former portraying an adult, and the latter an elderly, Whina Cooper.
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Bruce featured footage of the Whina Cooper-led Maori land march of 1975 in The Bridge, a television documentary about the history of the Auckland Harbour Bridge.